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Road order

3 March 1787 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

The court ordered a route surveyed from Mebane’s through Ellis Flatt to the Guilford courthouse road, with the appointed men reporting next term.

Kind of business
Road order
Court
February 1787 term, 3 March 1787
Road hands
William Mebane
Road jury
Matthew Rippy; Edward John Gant; William Gant; Henry Serve; John Albright; Jeremiah Crowder; Christopher Holt; David Philips; Thomas Sallen; Wm Rainey; Benj Rainey
Places
William Mebane’s; Ellis Flatt; Haw river; Guilford Court House

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

  • Minute book 4, page 14
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the February 1787 term
  • Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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